Goan Sweet Khatkhati Recipe (Coconut Candy)

Goan Sweet Khatkhati is a simple and quick sweet, or you can say coconut candy, prepared by melting Jaggery (Panela) and adding in, fresh or dry shredded coconut, roasted sesame seeds and some crushed peanuts or cashew nuts. The jaggery used in Goa(India) for such type of dessert is called chiki god, which is a sticky kind of jaggery available in India. You can store the prepared Khatkhati pieces in an airtight container and finish it within 2 weeks. Course : Dessert Ingridients : 1 cup Fresh coconut , shredded (or dry coconut) 1/4 cup Sesame seeds (Til seeds) , dry roasted 1/4 cup Raw Peanuts (Moongphali) , roasted and crushed 250 grams Jaggery 1 teaspoon Cardamom Powder (Elaichi) Ghee , clarified butter for greasing the plate Instructions To begin making the Goan Sweet Khatkhati recipe, grease a plate with ghee and keep it aside.Heat the jaggery in a non stick saucepan on medium high heat. Stir in between.Once the jaggery is melted properly, switch off the heat.Add in all the ingredients like shredded coconut, sesame seeds, crushed peanuts and cardamom powder and mix well.I used store bought roasted sesame, but you can roast the raw sesame on a skillet kept on low flame till they slightly change colour.Let the mixture cool down for 5 minutes. Don't let it cool down completely.Take a tablespoon of mixture on your palm and shape it into a ball and then flatten it by pressing into disc shape.Keep it on a greased plate and repeat for the remaining mixture.Let them cool down completely and then store in the air tight container.Serve Goan Sweet Khatkhati on its own on special occasions to your friends and family.